Hi all...cloudy and decent temps for January up here...
Kitty
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hope the meds are doing their job and you're better quickly...glad you went to doc too!
Erika...
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you are so strong!! You've had more than your share of stressors lately. Hope pup is okay...after my dogs turn 10, I am grateful for every year I have with them after that.
Sal, thanks for the occasional funny pics...they brighten my day
Things are moving along here in Reconstruction Zone...we have ceilings and walls again
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The taper is doing a wonderful job, and we should have the painters in next week. Then it's tiling, grouting, and putting things back together-Yay!!
And the cabin has the walls framed in
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We can't wait to go up there once it's under roof (and there's a working bathroom) to start helping out with installing cabinets, flooring, etc.
So things are calming down a bit...except for my health. On sunday I had an episode that landed me in the ER. Had tingling that started in one hand, then went to the other. I felt like I was going to faint (this happens occasionally when my BP drops). But then I felt pressure on my chest and I went into a seizure-type of episode, which I've never experienced. I was fully conscious, but couldn't stop the severe shaking of my limbs.
The ER did an EKG & blood work. The blood work showed an elevation of a clotting factor, so then they did a CT of my lungs to make sure I didn't have a clot. I had another seizure type episode before going in the tube accompanied by severe leg spasms (fun):roll eyes:
They transported me to the main hospital. I was told I was being admitted. I remembered a while after I got to the room that since I'm on Medicare to ask if I was admitted for observation or for full admittance. If it's observation, they only pay for procedures based on an outpatient pay schedule-they do not pay for the room or food.
They told me observation--and didn't I get the piece of paper explaining that at the ER?
Uh...no. So I checked myself out of there. I have a stress test scheduled today on an outpatient basis.
So all of you who are on Medicare-make sure you ask that question before going into the hospital-or you'll be stuck with a huge bill!!